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   Message 32,104 of 32,813   
   Erland Sommarskog to Mark Brader   
   Re: QFTCISG24 Current Events Games 3-F   
   09 Aug 24 20:54:52   
   
   From: esquel@sommarskog.se   
      
   Mark Brader (msb@vex.net) writes:   
   > * Game 3 (2024-05-27), Round 1 - Current Events   
   >   
   > 1. Name Iran's president who died in a helicopter crash, along   
   >    with the country's foreign minister and others.   
      
   Rahimi   
      
   > 2. Convicted serial killer Robert Pickton was seriously injured   
   >    by another inmate this past week.  Pickton is serving time for   
   >    6 murders in BC, though he's suspected of far more killings.   
   >    In which province is the prison where Pickton was being held?   
      
   Nova Scotia   
      
   > * Game 5 (2024-06-10), Round 1 - Current Events   
   >   
   > 1. Claudia Sheinbaum was elected the first woman and first Jewish   
   >    president of which country?   
      
   México   
      
   > * Game 6 (2024-06-17), Round 1 - Current Events   
   >   
   > 2. Why was 16-time winner Joey Chestnut barred from this year's   
   >    July 4 Nathan's hot-dog-eating contest?   
      
   Doctor's orders.   
      
      
   > * Game 7 (2024-06-22), Round 1 - Current Events   
   >   
   > 2. Which company, whose value has risen more than 9-fold since   
   >    the end of 2022, passed Microsoft this past week to become the   
   >    world's most valuable public company?   
      
   Nvidia   
      
   > * Game 8 (2024-07-08), Round 1 - Current Events   
   >   
   > 2. Which veteran rock band announced they have postponed their   
   >    remaining North American tour dates, including one in Toronto,   
   >    because their lead singer has undergone cancer surgery?   
      
   Aerosmith   
      
   > * Game 10 (2024-07-22), Round 1 - Current Events   
   >   
   > 1. In which city was the US Republican National Convention held?   
      
   Milwaukie   
      
   > 2. What is the name of the cybersecurity company whose botched   
   >    software update caused global IT outages on Friday?   
      
   Crowdstrike   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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